Shipping box or crate.



PATENTED APR.10, 1906.

C. DE L. RICE. SHIPPING BOX 0R CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.Z5. 1905.

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WUNITED STATES gin'grEN'r oEEroE.

CHARLES DE LOS RICE, OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT.

SHIPPING BOX OR CRATE.V

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 1o, 190e.

Application filed February 25, 1905. Serial Nov 247,350.

To MZ whom t may concern.-

Beit known that I, CHARLES DE Los RICE, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements inShipping Boxes or Crates, of W 'ch the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a means for packing articlesin shipping crates or boxes in order to protect them against damage intransit.

It is particularly adapted for packing typewriters, cash-registers, andlike instruments, which are of more or less delicate construction andwhich cannot well be packed in excelsior and like materials.

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating the manner of use of myinvention with parts broken away. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectionon enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the recessed plate.

Referring to the drawings, a denotes in general a shipping-box such asis used, for instance, for type-writers. The bottom of the box isreinforced by cleats l). It is slightly recessed to take the washer c,which receives the head of a bolt CZ, which asses up into the interiorof the box. On t e bolt is a rubber buffer e, surmounted by a dishedwasherf, which tends to prevent the spreading of the bulfer. On thebottom of the article is secured the recessed plate g, and in the recessg is located a nut h. The bolt d is threaded to fit the nut and has ashoulder d', this shoulder being preferably of even diameter with thethread. rI`he hole through which the bolt passes into this recess toengage the nut is of somewhat larger diameter than the diameter of thebolt, and the nut is smaller than said recess, so that the bolt and nutare free to move from side to side with relation to the recessed plate.The nut is preferably case-hardened' to prevent undue wear. The numberof these mounting devices used will be determined by the conditions ofeach case.

A clearance is left between the article and the sides of the box. Thebolt fits somewhat loosely in the washer c, so that it is free to swingor wabble from side to side. The woot from which these boxes are made issoft enough to give and permit such movement. The rubber buffer servesits purpose as a cushion and also acts as a spacing device.

In shipping typewriters four of these mounting devices are preferablyused, one at about each corner of the type-writer base, and thetype-Writer is attached in no other way to the box. This manner ofmounting the machine in its box relieves it from the effects of anysevere shock caused by its falling or being dropped, and experienceshows that it is extremely efficient in protecting the machine from anyserious damage.

I do not wishit to be understood that I limit myself to the details ofconstruction illustrated and described herein. In speaking of the bottomof the box or crate it is to be understood that that part of the box towhich the article is secured is meant. It will also be apparent that forsome purposes it might be advisable to support an article from two sidesand leave clearance on the other four sides, and I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting myself t0 any particular manner of use of thedevice.

I claim as my invention- 1. The herein-described means for shippingheavy delicate articles which consists in providing a shipping box orcrate larger as to its inside dimensions than the outside dimensions ofthe article whereby a clearance is provided on all sides of the article,bolts passing through a wall of the box, with their heads lying againstthe outer side of said wall, into the interior thereof and secured tothe article located therein, elastic spacing devices located between thewall of the box through which the bolts pa'ss and the article within thebox, so that the article is held free from all sides of said box orcrate, said bolts having yielding connection with the box-wall and thearticle to permit free movement of the latter in all directionsindependently of the former, substantially as described and for thepurposes set forth.

2. The herein-described means for shipping heavy and delicate articleswhich consists in providing a shipping box or crate larger as to itsinside dimensions than the outside dimensions of the article whereby aclearance is provided on all sides of the article, bolts. passingthrough a wall of the box into the interior thereof and secured to thearticle located therein to hold it free from all sides of said box orcrate, said bolts having yielding connection with the box-wall and thearticle to permit free movement of the latter in all directionsindependently of thev former, and elastic buffers surrounding said boltsand interposed between the article and IOO IIO

the Wall of the box, substantially as described and for the purposes setforth.

3. The combination With the box and the article to be shipped locatedtherein, of Washers located in recesses in the bottom of the box, boltspassing freely through said Washers into the interior of the box,elastic bull'ers surrounding said bolts, recessed plates secured to thebottom of said article, and nuts loosely mounted. in said recesses andadapted to be engaged by said bolts, substantially as described and forthe purposes set forth.

4. The combination With the box and the article to be shipped locatedtherein, of Washers located in recesses in the bottom of the

